According to the most recent projections, the digital giants Facebook and Google are expected to have scooped up half of global digital advertisement revenues in 2017.
What these giants are dealing in, is the exposure and collection of information.
They filter and expose information to the user while they browse sites for friends, articles, political content, or more tangible consumer products covering everything from hygiene products to lawnmowers.
http://sciencenordic.com/price-digital-citizenship-and-forfeit-autonomy/
There’s a short history of publishers fancying themselves as technology companies and building a business selling their tech to other publishers. Publishers realized that building a whole new side business around licensing their tech is a headache and that they needed to focus on what they’re good at, and leave the tech to others.
https://digiday.com/media/new-york-magazine-making-cms-available-open-source/
Last Friday, Facebook’s Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri announced that Facebook will begin prioritizing content created by friends and family over content from the media, brands and other Pages since space in the News Feed is limited.
https://nextshark.com/facebook-news-saved-newsfeed-changes/
To kickoff the new year, Mopinion has just launched a new feature within its platform: customisable inbox filters and views. This new feature will give users total control of the views they create in their inbox of feedback items. It enables users to combine key data fields such as scores, browsers, texts, URLS and more – which provides for very specific views.
https://mopinion.com/mopinion-launches-customisable-inbox-filters-and-views/
Mopinion now offers a more secure user login process for Mopinion users with Two-Factor Authentication (or 2FA). Two-Factor Authentication is an extra layer of security that requires users to submit not only the username and password, but also an additional piece of information that can only be known to the user. This additional layer of security aims to further minimise risk and protect businesses from an online security breach.
https://mopinion.com/mopinion-adds-extra-security-layer-with-two-factor-authentication/
Google has made mobile page speed a priority for the past couple of years. It introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages in October 2015 as part of a broad initiative to speed up web browsing on mobile devices. The following year, the company emphasized websites that used AMP more prominently in its search results and on Google News, per TechCrunch.
https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/google-will-rank-faster-mobile-pages-higher/515012/
Earlier this year, 60,000 technology experts from 170 countries descended on Lisbon, Portugal, to take part in Web Summit, the world’s largest tech conference. As part of Web Summit, I attended MoneyConf, an insurtech and fintech conference, where the world’s leading insurance companies, banks, tech firms and disruptive startups met.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/01/18/the-problem-with-insurance-is-bad-user-experience-insurtech-leaders-agree/#77416b1f2392/
The blend between our virtual existence and the physical world has become a normal part of our lives. We are living life through a screen already, so the jump into virtual reality (VR) is not as large a leap as one would expect.
https://exchange.telstra.com.au/virtual-reality-the-future-of-content/
All UXers know the importance of building a rapport with your research participants. Whilst yes, you’re there to observe, document and analyse in a ‘scientific’ setting, if your participants don’t feel comfortable, they won’t speak or act as freely, or as naturally, as required for you to gain the insights you’re looking for.
https://uxplanet.org/dual-ux-research-how-to-get-greater-insights-from-natural-conversations-c1e1b6d87f0f/
This article follows UX 101 for Virtual and Mixed Reality — Part 1: Physicality
Designers working with virtual reality have to create experiences that work in a 3D environment. That environment can be entirely simulated (Virtual Reality) or overlaid onto our real one (Mixed Reality). As humans we navigate 3D environments constantly, and our senses allow us to do so expertly. Many aspects of VR rely on these same senses.
https://uxplanet.org/ux-101-for-virtual-and-mixed-reality-part-2-working-with-the-senses-c39fbd502494/
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